Originally Posted by
crimsondevil
I've been reading these also. They are fun and inventive (at least to me, not having read much in this genre), though the writing itself is pretty plain. Not sure I would call the main character (Jason) the "villain", though - rather, the books are just subverting the usual fantasy expectations by having the protagonist be a "Dark" wizard-type (complete with undead minions) and his main antagonist, a champion of the "Light", is a sadistic and nasty piece of work both in real life and in the game. I also liked his most recent "side quest" novel about the Fire wizard, especially the main character, Finn.
Did you like this series? I read it as a kid (remember the Boy's Life comics too!) but don't remember it that well. I was thinking my two older kids (12 and 9) might like them.